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On the night of July 4, 1985, the New York Mets and Atlanta Braves played just another ordinary regular season game. Fans entered the stadium or turned on the broadcast at home expecting to see just another ball game. Boy, they could not have been farther from the truth of what was about to happen. When the game headed into extra innings tied at eight, fans ...

Going into Sunday's game against Kansas City, the Twins have an awful lot to boast about: • The very successful opening of Target Field.  • The long-term signing of the reigning American League MVP, batting champion, and hometown hero Joe Mauer. • The most wins and highest winning percentage in Major League Baseball. • Four straight season-opening series wins, with the first two on the road. • Third in the American League in home runs, with six players ...

Caption: CF Mike Cameron lets Carlos Pena’s line drive get away from him in the first inning of Saturday's second game against Tampa Bay. The error led to four unearned runs in the Red Sox 6-5 loss to the Rays. In the conclusion of last night’s suspended game, now known as Bogar’s Boner, the Red Sox failed to take their third base coach off the hook for his sixth-inning gaffe. ...

Saturday April 17th, 2010 turned out to be a great day of baseball. After coaching my son's team in their final scrimmage before our season starts on the 19th, (Anthony Cappetta: 2-for-3, with two steals) my son and I sat down at 4pm eastern time, to watch the Mets take on the St. Louis Cardinals. Despite the fact that the Mets have been a disappointment so far in this young season, even after ...

Carlos Silva may look about as epically potbellied as a birthing whale on the mound, but in his two starts, he's actually looked good. In 13 innings of work, Silva has posted a career-high strikeout rate (5.54 K/9). Again, it is only 13 innings of work, so this is an incredibly small sample size, and his strikeout rate will probably return to his career norm of 3.80 K/9. His stuff, ...

Where do I begin? How do you talk about ending a love-hate relationship?That is where I am with Francisco "Coco" Cordero. If you watched Saturday night's loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates, you should already be in league with me.Johnny Cueto left after five complete innings pitched and a one run lead. He was in line for the first win for a Reds starter in the young season.Three pitchers (Daniel Harrera, Logan ...

Here’s a look at the two-start pitchers for week 3. Five Stars None Four Stars Chad Billingsley: @CIN (Bailey), @WAS (Olsen) Matt Cain: @SD (Richard), STL (Penny) Jorge de la Rosa: @WAS (Olsen), FLA (Volstad) Tommy Hanson: PHI (Kendrick), @NYM (Pelfrey) John Lackey: TB (Niemann), BAL (Matusz) Jeff Niemann: @CWS (Danks), TOR (Morrow) Javier Vazquez: @OAK (Gonzalez), @LAA (Kazmir) Three Stars John Danks: TB (Niemann), SEA (Fister) Kevin Slowey: CLE (Masterson), @KC (Bannister) ...

Starlin Castro , arguably the Cubs' top prospect, is flashing the potential to hit at the big-league level early in the season. The Tennessee Smokie shortstop is currently hitting .342, with a .500 slugging percentage helped by his two triples in eight games. Castro, however, boasts only a .350 on-base percentage due to only one walk on the season, so far. The lack of patience is troublesome for ...

This kind of scenario happens all the time. Go back to 1997 for a minute. The Minnesota Twins dealt All-Star second baseman Chuck Knoblauch to the New York Yankees for Christian Guzman, Eric Milton, Danny Mota, and Brian Buchanan. Eric Milton, who was an All-Star and pitched a no-hitter for the Twins, was traded to Philadelphia for Carlos Gomez and Nick Punto. Brian Buchanan was traded to the San Diego Padres for Jason ...

Alex Rodriguez hit his first home run of the season and moved into eighth on the all-time home run list as New York defeated Texas, 7-3, Saturday afternoon at Yankee Stadium. By winning the first two games against Texas and taking two of three from Boston, Tampa Bay, and the Los Angeles Angels, New York has won four straight series to start a season for the first time since 1926. ...